MATH department

MATH 11. Calculus-Based Introductory Probability and Statistics (5 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/MATH.html#math11

Description

Events and probabilities, conditional probability, Bayes’ formula. Discrete and continuous random variables: mean, variance; binomial, Poisson distributions, normal, uniform, exponential distributions, central limit theorem. Sample statistics, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, regression. Applications. Introduction to software for probabilistic and statistical analysis. Emphasis on connections between probability and statistics, numerical results of real data, and techniques of data analysis. Prerequisites: AP Calculus BC score of 3, 4, or 5, or MATH 10B or MATH 20B.

Prerequisite courses

Successor courses

MATH 11 is a prerequisite of the following 31 courses:

• BICD 102
• BICD 102GS
• BIEB 121
• BIEB 131
• BIPN 145
• BIPN 146
• BIPN 147
• BIPN 162
• BIPN 164
• COGS 137
• COGS 150
• CSS 2
• ESYS 103
• FMPH 101
• FMPH 102
• GLBH 102
• HDS 181
• MATH 112A
• MATH 181F
• MGT 151R
• MGT 153
• MGT 160
• PSYC 71
• PSYC 81
• PSYC 113
• PSYC 114
• PSYC 118
• PSYC 151
• PSYC 175
• PSYC 193L
• SIO 186